Religious School Calendar

"If you search there for Adonai your God, and if you pursue Him with all your heart and soul, you will eventually find Him" ~Deut. 4:29

Beth-El Religious School Calendar
August 2009 - May 2010

The following are dates that have been approved for the Religious School Calendar. Hopefully, this may help families in preparing trips and vacations.

I will be sending more information about special Religious school events and activities at a later date, which I hope you, will be part of. I will be sending, newsletter via e-mail once a week to keep you informed of School activities, celebrations and special dates.

Click here to see the class schedule on Sundays.

August 16 - No SchoolTeacher Inservice
August 23First Day of Religious School
9:30 am - 10:00 amSign-in
10:00 am - 10:30 amOpening Ceremony
10:30 am - 11:00 amParents meet with teachers
11:00 am - 12:00 pmBrunch and a special presentation for on the new curriculum
August 30Religious School
9:30 - 12:00 pmReligious School
12:30 pm - 2:00 pmB'nai Mitzvah Program for students and parents
September 6 - No School
Labor Day
September 13, 27Religious School
September 13Rosh Hashanah program for grades K-7 (10:30 - 11:00 am)
Field Trip to the cemetery for grades 8-9 (10:30 am - 12:00 pm)
September 27Yom Kippur presentation during T'fillah for grades K-6
(9:40 - 10:00 am)
Grades 8-10 will build the Sukkah (10:45 am - 12:00 pm)
October 4, 11, 25
Religious School
October 4Sukkot program for grades K-6 with the 7th grade leading
(11:00 am - 12:00 pm)
October 11Simchat Torah parade for grades K-6 (11:45 am - 12:00 pm)
October 25Interfaith Program for grades 8-10 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
November 1 - No Religious School
Teacher's Inservice
November 8, 15, 22Religious School
November 8Interfaith Program for grades 8-10 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
November 15Interfaith Program for grades 8-10 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
November 22"Blessings" Family program for grades K-7 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
Jewish Values/Civil Rights for Confirmation class (9:30 - 10:45 am) and grades 8-9 (10:45 am - 12:00 pm)
November 29No School - Thanksgiving
December 6, 13Religious School
December 6Religious School
December 13Chanukah program for entire school (11:00 am - 12:00 pm)
December 20No School - Winter Break
December 21No School - Winter Break
January 10, 17, 24, 31
Religious School
January 10No School
January 17Martin Luther King program for grades K-6 with the 7th grade leading (11:30 am - 12:00 pm)
January 24Religious School
"Israel on Campus" program for Teachers' Aides
January 31Tu B'ishvat Earth Day for grades K-7 (10:00 - 11:00 am)
Field trip for grades 8-9 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
February 7, 14, 21, 28
Religious School
February 7Religious School
February 14"God is One" Family Day and Open House for grades K-7
(10:30 am - 12:00 pm)
February 21Religious School
February 28Mitzvah project (Purim set-up) for grades 8-9 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
Purim for grades K-7 (11:30 am - 12:00 pm)
March 7, 28
Religious School
March 7Religious School
March 14No school - spring break
March 21No school - spring break
March 28Passover around the world (10:30 am - 12:00 pm)
April 4, 11, 18, 25
Religious School
April 4Religious School
April 11Holocaust program in the Chapel for grades K-6 with the 7th grade leading (11:00 am - 12:00 pm)
Yom HaShoah "Hate Online" family program for grades 8-10
(9:30 - 10:30 am)
Set-up for Israel Day for grades 8-9 (11:00 am - 12:00 pm)
April 18Israel Day for grades K-8 and the Confirmation Class
Field trip to the Holocaust Museum for grade 9 (9:30 am - 12:00 pm)
April 25Mitzvah Day
May 2, 9, 16Religious School
May 2Lag Ba'omer program during T'fillah for grades K-6 (9:40 - 10:00 am)
May 9Religious School
May 16Last day of school - picnic at Dutch Branch Park in Benbrook
(9:30 am - 1:00 pm) Click here for directions

Download a detailed Religious School Calendar here.